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47 CFR Part 73 

[Docket No. 87–268; DA 07–20] 

Revisions to Proposed New DTV Table 

of Allotments—Tentative Channel 

Designations To Be Added to the DTV 

Table of Allotments Proposed in the 

Seventh Further Notice of Proposed 

Rule Making 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Media Bureau announces 

tentative channel designations for six 

permittees that attained permittee status 

during the pendency of the rulemaking 

proceeding commenced in the Seventh 

Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making 

(‘‘Seventh FNPRM’’) in MB Docket No. 

87–268. These tentative channels 

designations revise the proposed new 

Digital Television Table of Allotments 

released in the Seventh FNPRM. 

DATES: Comments are due February 9, 

2007 and reply comments are due 

February 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by MB Docket No. 87–268, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact 

the FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evan Baranoff, Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov, 

or Eloise Gore, Eloise.Gore@fcc.gov, of 

the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 

418–2120; Nazifa Sawez, 

Nazifa.Sawez@fcc.gov, of the Media 

Bureau, Video Division, (202) 418–1600; 

or Alan Stillwell, 

Alan.Stillwell@fcc.gov, of the Office of 

Engineering and Technology, (202) 418–

2470. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission recently released a Seventh 

Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making 

(‘‘Seventh FNPRM’’), FCC 06–150, 

released October 20, 2006 in MB Docket 

No. 87–268 (71 FR 66592, November 15, 

2006), finalizing the DTV channel 

election process and beginning the final 

stage of the transition of the nation’s 

broadcast television system from analog 

to digital technology. In the Seventh 

FNPRM, the Commission proposed a 

new DTV Table of Allotments providing 

eligible stations with channels for DTV 

operations after the DTV transition. 

In paragraph 53 of the Seventh 

FNPRM, the Commission noted that 

additional pending applications may be 

granted before an Order finalizing the 

new DTV Table is adopted. The 

Commission stated that, to the extent 

possible, it would accommodate the 

future new permittees in the proposed 

new DTV Table and, to provide 

interested parties with the opportunity 

to comment, the Media Bureau would 

issue public notices announcing 

tentative channel designations (TCDs) 

for the new permittees that attain 

permittee status during the pendancy of 

the Seventh FNRPM rulemaking 

proceeding. The Commission also 

directed the Media Bureau to establish 

separate pleading cycles, if necessary, to 

give interested parties an opportunity 

for comment. 

The Media Bureau hereby announces 

TCDs for six permittees that attained 


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permittee status during the pendency of 

the rulemaking proceeding and, 

therefore, were not reflected in the 

proposed new DTV Table released on 

October 20, 2006. Included is a list of 

these permittees together with the 

channel we propose to assign the 

permittee. This information revises the 

proposed new DTV Table of Allotments 

of the Seventh FNPRM. In addition, we 

have attached the specific technical 

facilities—effective radiated power 

(ERP), antenna height above average 

terrain (HAAT), antenna radiation 

pattern, and geographic coordinates—at 

which we propose to allow these 

stations to operate after the DTV 

transition (Appendix). The attachment 

also includes information on service 

area and population coverage. 

Consistent with paragraph 53 of the 

Seventh FNPRM, the Media Bureau 

hereby invites public comment on these 

changes to the proposed new DTV 

Table. Comments on the proposed 

changes to the new DTV Table outlined 

herein must be filed no later than 

February 9, 2007, and reply comments 

must be filed no later than February 26, 

2007. Specific instructions for filing 

comments are located at paragraphs 71–

76 of the item as published in the 

Federal Register and at paragraphs 58–

63 of the item as released by the 

Commission and that appears on the 

Commission Web site: http:// 

hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ 

attachmatch/FCC–06–150A1.doc. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Digital television, Radio. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Steven A. Broeckaert, 

Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule Changes 

Accordingly, the Federal 

Communications Commission further 

proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73, as 

proposed at 71 FR 66592, November 15, 

2006 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 and 

339. 

2. Section 73.622 published at 71 FR 

66592, November 15, 2006, is further 

amended in paragraph (i) by revising the 

entries set forth below as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

KANSAS 

*****

Derby ......................... 46 

*****

Topeka ...................... *11, 12, 13, 27, 49 

MINNESOTA 

Community Channel No. 

*****

Duluth ........................ *8, 10, 17, 27, 33 

*****

MISSOURI 

*****

Osage Beach ............ 49 

*****

MISSISSIPPI 

*****

Jackson ..................... 7, 12, *20, 21, 41, 51 

*****

OREGON 

*****

Bend .......................... *11, 21, 51 

*****

Note: The following Appendix will not 

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Appendix 

Facility 

ID 

State and 

city 

NTSC DTV 

Chan Chan ERP 

(kW) 

HAAT 

(m) 

Antenna 

ID 

Latitude 

(DDMMSS) 

Longitude 

(DDDMMSS) 

Area 

(sq km) 

Population 

(thousand) 

% Interference 

received 

166332 KS Derby .......... 46 570 276 72676 374801 973129 23300 712 0 

166546 KS Topeka 22 12 3.2 225 77171 390350 954549 15822 440 14 

166511 MN Duluth 27 27 50 268 77172 464715 920721 16190 213 0.8 

166319 MO Osage 

Beach.

49 49 204 463 77173 374910 924452 27563 605 0 

166512 MS Jackson.51 51 184 384 77174 321426 902415 24469 687 0 

166534 OR Bend .. 51 51 84.1 206 75180 440440 1211956 11378 150 0 


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2005–22061] 

RIN 2127–AJ56 

Identification Requirements for Buses 

Manufactured in Two or More Stages 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Termination of Rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: On August 18, 2005, NHTSA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend 

our certification regulation to require 

that, in addition to the vehicle 

identification number (VIN), a suffix 

that identified attributes about the bus 

body be recorded on the certification 

label of each bus manufactured in two 

or more stages. The NPRM also 

proposed a new regulation to require 

manufacturers of buses manufactured in 

two or more stages to obtain a 

manufacturer’s identifier and to submit 

information to NHTSA about the bus 

bodies manufactured. 

NHTSA has identified an alternative 

approach to obtain accurate bus 

accident data for analysis and safety 

improvement that it believes is more 

efficient and less burdensome. 

Therefore, we are terminating this 

rulemaking. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

non-legal issues: Charles Hott, Office of 

Crashworthiness Standards, NVS–113, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 

(202) 366–0247. Fax: (202) 366–4329. 

For legal issues: Edward Glancy, Office 

of Chief Counsel, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2992. Fax: 

(202) 366–3820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 2, 1999, the National 

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) 

issued safety recommendations to the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) to 

develop standard definitions and 

classifications for each of the different 

bus body types and to include these 

definitions and classifications in the 

Federal motor vehicle safety standards 

(FMVSSs). Specifically, NTSB 

recommended: 

In 1 year and in cooperation with the bus 

manufacturers, complete the development of 

standard definitions and classifications for 

each of the different bus body types, and 

include these definitions and classifications 

in the FMVSS. (NTSB Recommendation No. 

H–99–43) 

Once the standard definitions and 

classifications for each of the different bus 

types have been established in the Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards, in 

cooperation with the National Association of 

Governors’ Highway Safety Representatives, 

amend the Model Minimum Uniform Crash 

Criteria’s (MMUCC) bus configuration coding 

to incorporate the FMVSS definitions and 

standards. (NTSB Recommendation No. H–

99–44). 

The recommendations were a result of 

an NTSB September 1999 bus safety 

study titled ‘‘Bus Crashworthiness 

Issues.’’ During that study, NTSB 

experienced difficulty in determining 

detailed descriptive characteristics of 

buses manufactured in two or more 

stages from the Fatality Analysis 

Reporting System (FARS) database. 

Although bus body manufacturers are 

required to certify that their vehicles 

meet the FMVSSs, they are not required 

to encode in the certification label 

affixed to the completed vehicle any 

descriptive information about the body 

they install. 

In June and August of 2000, meetings 

were held between the Office of the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Transportation, NHTSA, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, Federal 

Transit Administration, NTSB, bus 

manufacturers, and industry association 

representatives. At the meetings, the 

parties discussed whether bus 

configuration or bus use would be 

appropriate determining factors in 

devising a coding scheme for the final 

stage manufacturers’ certification labels 

and police accident report forms. It was 

determined that in-service bus uses vary 

considerably and often change, and 

therefore, it would be impractical to 

develop bus definitions based on use. 

Instead, DOT determined that basic 

descriptive information such as length 

and seating configuration could be 

provided to better identify the type of 

bus body installed on the chassis. It was 

also determined that, in addition to the 

VIN, descriptive information could be 

encoded on the final stage 

manufacturer’s certification label. 

When buses are involved in crashes, 

the VIN is recorded in FARS. The name 

of the manufacturer is required to be on 

the certification label, but this 

information is not typically recorded on 

the Police Accident Report (PAR). For 

vehicles manufactured in one stage, the 

type of vehicle and bus body 

information is already encoded into the 

VIN. However, for buses manufactured 

in more than one stage, the VIN only 

identifies the incomplete vehicle 

manufacturer. The final stage 

manufacturer’s name and the bus model 

are not encoded in the VIN and are not 

recorded in the PAR. 

FARS records fatalities in the 

following bus type categories: intercity, 

transit, school, other, and unknown. 

Little is known about the types of buses 

involved in the fatalities that appear in 

‘‘other’’ and ‘‘unknown’’ bus type 

categories. These buses are typically 

specialty type buses that are 

manufactured in two or more stages. 

They include, for example, buses that 

are used for shuttle services to and from 

airports, for transporting the medically 

fragile or mobility impaired, for 

transporting people to and from church 

events, and for shuttling people from 

one business location to another. These 

buses usually incorporate a cutaway 

chassis provided by an incomplete 

vehicle manufacturer. The bus body is 

usually manufactured and installed by a 

final stage manufacturer. The FARS data 

for the years 2000 through 2004 

revealed that there are about twelve 

fatalities per year that fall within the 

‘‘other’’ or ‘‘unknown’’ bus type 

categories. 

The current system requires that the 

VIN be recorded on the PAR filed by the 

State. However, inaccurate transcription 

of the VIN on the PAR and subsequently 

into the FARS database has been a 

recurring problem. Although the final 

stage manufacturer’s name must be 

recorded on the certification label, the 

current system does not require that the 

police record this information on the 

PAR. 

On August 18, 2005, NHTSA 

published an NPRM to address this 

issue in the Federal Register (70 FR 

48507; Docket No. NHTSA–2005–

22061). The NPRM proposed to amend 

Part 567—Certification, to require that a 

new ten-digit suffix be appended to the 

VIN on the certification label for buses 

manufactured in two or more stages. 

The new suffix would identify the bus 

body manufacturer and certain 

attributes about the type of bus, e.g., 

model number, seat configuration, and 

bus body length. The NPRM also 

proposed to add a new Part 584—Buses 

Manufactured in Two or More Stages, to 

require that bus body manufacturers of 

buses manufactured in two or more 

stages obtain a manufacturer’s identifier 

and provide the descriptive information 

necessary to decode the suffix. The 

NPRM proposed that this information be 

available so that it could be collected 


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